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Crucifixion by Gladys Hynes, oil on cardboard

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA04334

Gladys Hynes painted ‘Crucifixion’ in 1939 as one of several artistic statements against Britain’s declaration of war on Germany.

Gladys Hynes oil on cardboard painting of a pilot with his arms outstretched in the pose of a crucifixion on an aircraft, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Picketed Aircraft by Graham Sutherland, gouache on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1890

Better known for his grotesque and surreal visions of bomb damage, Graham Sutherland had also made gouache paintings of bomber aircraft early in the Second World War. Three were purchased by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC).

Graham Sutherland watercolour and gouache of a camouflaged bomber, Crown copyright (expired) / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

The London Blitz – Searching the Rubble by Claude Rowberry, gouache and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9644

This watercolour represents Air Raid Precautions wardens conducting searches for survivors in bombed buildings after an enemy attack. It is one of many made by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Rowberry in the Second World War.

Claude Rowberry watercolour and charcoal drawing of London Blitz ruins, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01543

This illustration by Olga Lehmann shows the aftermath of an air raid in a London neighbourhood. The widespread devastation of the Blitz directly affected Lehmann, whose home and studio in Hampstead was struck and destroyed by a bomb in October 1940.

Rescue Workers by Olga Lehmann, watercolour, gouache and ink on paper, The artist's estate / RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Speed, Moment of Force by Paul Sayers, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA02073

This is one of twelve paintings Sayers made to commemorate the Battle of Britain, which he first exhibited at London’s Barbican Centre before touring them to the RAF Museum in 1990.

Paul Sayers painting of an abstract impression of a fighter pilot's flight during the Battle of Britain, © Paul Sayers / RAF Museum

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942 by Paul Nash, watercolour and gouache on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA00985

Famed for his First World War works, in 1940 Nash was invited again to become an Official War Artist for the revived scheme chaired by Sir Kenneth Clark. When Clark’s War Artists’ Advisory Committee assigned him to the Air Ministry Nash made propagandist watercolours of RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft.

Augsburg Raid, April 17 1942. Paul Nash. Watercolour on paper, 1942, The artist's estate

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA01315

This lithograph was published by the National Gallery and the Ministry of Information after an original watercolour by Paul Nash from his series ‘Aerial Creatures’, commissioned through the War Artists’ Advisory Committee (WAAC) for the Air Ministry in 1940.

Moonlight Voyage: Hampden Flying Above the Clouds by Paul Nash, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Group Captain Henry S Scroggs DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, L001-1722

This pastel portrait is one of many made by Eric Kennington during his two-year full-time Official War Artist commission with the Air Ministry through the War Artists' Advisory Committee. A renowned portraitist, he was tasked with portraying high-ranking men in the RAF.

Group Captain Henry S Scroggs DSO by Eric Kennington, pastel on paper, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Rear Gunner (Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton) by Jacob Kramer, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00821

Jacob Kramer made this portrait when his Leeds friend Percy Dalton joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Following his promotion to Flight Lieutenant, Dalton died when his Wellington bomber was shot down over France in 1942.

Jacob Kramer lithographic portrait of Rear Gunner Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum

The London Blitz – Interior of a Ruined House by Claude Rowberry, gouache and charcoal on paper

Fine Art, In Storage, X002-9645

This gouache painting represents a deceased figure amid the rubble of a bombed house, a scene from the London Blitz witnessed and recorded by Lieutenant Colonel Claude Rowberry.

Claude Rowberry gouache and charcoal drawing of a corpse entwined within a twisted bed in a blitzed home, - the bed posts are either side of the figure and other structural aspects frame the composition, Every effort has been made to identify the owner of copyright in this work. If you are the current owner or their agent, please contact us at askcollections@rafmuseum.org © RAF Museum / Claude Rowberry

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